Sah
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this one will be able to upgrade her PC soon below is what this one is thinking on buying
can anyone recommend or suggest anything better, savings in money is a bonus
is very open to new & better ideas
ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero LGA 1151 Motherboardfor $355 AU
or
ASUS Sabertooth Z170 S LGA 1151 ATX Motherboard $345 AU
will upgrade from a i5 2500k to a Intel Core i7 6700K Quad Core LGA 1151 4.0 GHz Unlocked for $479 AU
and will buy G.SKILL Ripjaws V 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 2666MHz for $120 AU
below is what I am keeping from the old rig
MSI GeForce GTX 960 GAMING 4G video card
850W Silver Stone 80 gold PSU
250GB SSD & a 2TB HDD
Thermaltake Level 10 full-tower case
PS
will the above all work together?
will need to upgrade CPU cooler too...............water cooler or fan cooler? any recommendations?
still is using windows7 is it wise for gaming (SKYRIM & remastered version) to upgrade to windows10?
thanks for any help
can anyone recommend or suggest anything better, savings in money is a bonus
is very open to new & better ideas
ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero LGA 1151 Motherboardfor $355 AU
or
ASUS Sabertooth Z170 S LGA 1151 ATX Motherboard $345 AU
will upgrade from a i5 2500k to a Intel Core i7 6700K Quad Core LGA 1151 4.0 GHz Unlocked for $479 AU
and will buy G.SKILL Ripjaws V 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 2666MHz for $120 AU
below is what I am keeping from the old rig
MSI GeForce GTX 960 GAMING 4G video card
850W Silver Stone 80 gold PSU
250GB SSD & a 2TB HDD
Thermaltake Level 10 full-tower case
PS
will the above all work together?
will need to upgrade CPU cooler too...............water cooler or fan cooler? any recommendations?
still is using windows7 is it wise for gaming (SKYRIM & remastered version) to upgrade to windows10?
thanks for any help
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